SELBY BROWNE, one of four persons vying to unseat Raymond Tim Kee as president of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA), has made it clear that he plans to ensure that the national football team rises to the top of the Concacaf region, if elected to the hot seat of the TTFA.
According to Browne, the long-standing vice-president of the Veterans Footballers Foundation of Trinidad and Tobago (VFFOTT), “once elected to serve as president of the TTFA, my policies would focus on returning Trinidad and Tobago to number one in the Concacaf (region) on the football field.”
He continued, “it cannot be business as usual. I will bring my vision to refocus, restructure and re-engineer football in Trinidad and Tobago for the next generation.” He went on to state, “I invite all footballers, clubs, leagues and associations to join with me to restore Trinidad and Tobago football to number one in the Concacaf.”
Tim Kee is seeking re-election when the TTFA stages their Annual General Meeting (AGM) on November 29. But he will be facing the challenges of Browne, ex-national referee Ramesh Ramdhan, W Connection CEO/president David John-Williams and vice-president of the Trinidad and Tobago Referees Association Clynt Taylor.
The media release also outlined a brief profile on Browne, stating he “is a man who is strong and passionate about sport in Trinidad and Tobago and the Caribbean.
He has been directly involved in all aspects of football in the Caribbean for the past five decades and is a pioneer of professional football in Trinidad and Tobago and the Caribbean, as owner of his professional clubs, TT Pro Pioneers and K&S Investments Phoenix in the 1970s.”
The Veterans Footballers Foundation of TT has been a vocal critic of the then Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) in the past and its former leaders Oliver Camps and Jack Warner.
The organisation has acted as a shadow Federation to the now TTFA, seeking to keep it in check.